We had Rowdi out with us while working on the yard. I had gone inside for a second, and when I came out, Minerva snuck out the door. Rowdi bounded after Minerva, jerking the leash from Sarah’s hand and chased Minerva until that cat climbed 12 feet straight up a tree trunk. I held Rowdi down, but she wouldn’t calm, and Minerva had her claws out until she was brought back inside.
So, later that day, Rowdi is back to her the kitchen, and Minerva walks over into it with no fear whatsoever. They both then ignored each other as usual.
The dog training stuff all says that once the dog can do obedience perfectly indoors, it’s a different game as soon as you go outside. From the looks of it, Minerva had no idea it was Rowdi that terrorized her, and Rowdi had no idea it was Minerva that she had such a great time chasing.
Anyway, after having her two weeks, Rowdi has a nearly perfect sit on command (even outside with other people around; she is quite impressive to our other neighbors with dogs) and walks slightly behind us with a loose leash, so we’ll cut her a little slack for just being a dog every so often.
For now.